National folk artists combine for one-night show Nov 22, 2009
The band spun a bicycle tire, and one player used the hurdy gurdy, or wheel fiddle, where you turn a wheel to crank a mechanical violin and play the keyboard pressed against the strings. Seeing and hearing new sounds from unlikely sources drives Larkins own music, which thrives on producing its own eclectic sounds. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Warsaw Village Band explores traditional sounds with modern twists Nov 6, 2009
How about a hurdy gurdy with turntable scratching alongside a deejay howling Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. as wedding music. (Boston Globe)
American pride on display Jul 9, 2009
James Bryant, known as The Hurdy Gurdy Man, makes his way down the parade route Saturday celebrating the Fourth of July ... Spectators lined Cambridge Street in front of the high school and Bedford and Center streets along the Town Common, enjoying a variety of units, including a fleet of antique cars, the Aleppo Temple Mounted Unit of Wilmington on horseback, James Bryant, also known as the Hurdy Gurdy man from Maine with his hilarious, animated puppet show on wheels and Stephen Brackett, an... (Burlington Union, MA)
Sting Set to Release New Recording 'If On a Winter's Night...' Jun 19, 2009
Two of Sting's own compositions are also featured on the album, Lullaby for an Anxious Child and The Hounds of Winter, which originally appeared on his previous release Mercury Falling, alongside Hurdy Gurdy Man, -- a musical reworking and English translation (by Sting) of Der Leiermann from Schubert's classic winter song-cycle Winterreise. For this exploration of the themes and emotions of Winter, Sting is joined by friend and long time colleague, guitarist Dominic Miller. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
